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Friday, December 30, 1927
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The Headlines
Communist Sacco Riots Cost Paris 500,000 Francs
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Ramana Maharshi (1879)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
- Ahmed III (1673)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,952 days ago
(98 years, 182 days)